THE FIVE BIGGEST UNFAIR ADVANTAGES in Pokémon GO!!

Pokémon GO is an unfair game. Depending on your location or situation, you could find yourself having strong advantages or disadvantages compared to other players. In this video, I will be going over the five biggest unfair advantages that some players get to enjoy.
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Pokémon Go is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices. A part of the Pokémon franchise, the game is the result of a collaboration between Niantic, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. It uses the mobile device GPS to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, which appear as if they are in the player's real-world location. The game is free to play; it uses a freemium business model and supports in-app purchases for additional in-game items. The game launched with around 150 species of Pokémon, which had increased to around 500 by 2019.
Pokémon Go was released to mixed reviews; critics praised the concept, but criticized technical problems. It was one of the most used and profitable mobile apps in 2016, having been downloaded more than 500 million times worldwide by the end of the year. It is credited with popularizing location-based and AR technology, promoting physical activity, and helping local businesses grow due to increased foot traffic. However, it attracted controversy for contributing to accidents and creating public nuisances. Various governments expressed concerns about security, and some countries regulate its use. By early 2019, the game had over a billion global downloads, grossing over $3 billion in revenue. The game also had over 147 million monthly active users as of May 2018.

[@chaosdragun1608]

Totally agree with alot of this. As a physically handicapped remote player i actually stopped playing for several years because the experience was so bad. I came back this year after realizing the shiny legendaries that are shiny locked in the main series come up often. I think its ironic that accessibility to play is what usually makes mobile games popular but is the main issue with pokemon go. Im thankful for having found an active community....mostly through luck but overall thos game has ALOT to do if they want to grow in the future.

[@cajun1983]

I was able to visit California last year and stopped at Santa Monica Pier to play for a while. It blew my mind that I could just join any raid and have the lobby fill up in seconds. I never have that where I live in Utah. So I definitely understand that advantage many players have who live in areas like this.

[@TreFKennedy]

Dope vid Count, i don’t wanna say unfair , I’ll say the most unreasonable aspect is, Nerfantic canceling the remote raid community and putting a premium on “in person communities” when it was the remote raid community that saved them during the pandemic

[@pokedrake5459]

It’s definitely unfair, you Niantic defenders always wanna sugar coat the things they do, I’ve played this game for over 4yr and I’ve always been in a rural area, this limits my experience in events such as research days, raid days, com days etc

[@TreFKennedy]

@@pokedrake5459 just to make sure we’re on the same page, I’m with you , #RestoreTheRemoteRaidCommunity

[@courraffe]

Don't know common sense about 1 item

[@pokedrake5459]

@@courraffe You literally said “I don’t wanna say unfair” meaning you disregarded the whole point, if your not a rural player then you’ll never the struggles and limitaciones that we face playing this game, it’s ok to be privileged and not ok to be ignorant 😉😌

[@courraffe]

@@pokedrake5459 excuse me what, "I said" I don't wanna say unfair, did I say that?

[@andreaarmandi9456]

I live in a small town and the good thing is that I win most contest. I am close to 100 victories.

[@ravenwolf6450]

I wish they would add a secret base feature to go. So that everyone can pick one location as their own private secret base, where they can spin a stop and maybe earn other features and bonuses for their base.

[@maxg0th]

my view toward the game began to shift with the introduction of elite raids. I really wanted the Hoopa unbound but was completely shut out being solo and rural. And then came the legendary shadow raids... like, ok lol so frustrating to see the raids being available at my one local gym without being able to do anything with them at all (I do have a large friends list and used to remote raid a lot before the nerf).

[@justvincenturb]

Let's give props where it's due too. PoGo compared to 99% of all other gaming apps is not as pay-to-win as others. As a F2P player level 50, I cant say I would be able to reach where I am now in other games. That aside, I completely agree with this list. Great vid!

[@claude_k]

Have been a rural player for 8 months, after having played in a large city since 2016. Having a gym at your house (like I do) is obviously great; but the Pokécoins are NOT guaranteed if you are the only one playing. This is why a lot of rural players create "alt" accounts of a different team. A few people are playing in my little town (4 gyms, 14 stops) and gym rotation is OK, but I have been unable to meet anyone and consequently have skipped ALL the tier 5 raids because there is noone to raid with. Also, the limited number of stops can be a problem for a Research Day like the "Flock Together" we just had as I barely was able to finish the paid research (complete a total of 11 tasks I believe); I had to resort to the on/off scanning task trick to get other tasks I was able to complete in the limited time I had for playing.

[@picsl8ed867]

In the old gym system I was able to easily get 100 pokecoins a day. Now I can't even get my 50, even with 6+ pokemon in gyms daily. I'm lucky to get it a few times a week. The gym change/raid update was just as big a middle finger to rural players as the remote pass nerf.

[@luameduardo9611]

Try putting your phone number as your buddy name, it worked for me to meet some buddies near me

[@JC-oq3ei]

Im curious, what is the on/off scanning task trick? 🙄

[@claude_k]

@@JC-oq3ei If you have a scanning task on (where you have to scan a stop location to get a Poffin or balls) and a Pokéstop gives you a task that you do not like, you can discard the scanning task and you will get a different task from the Pokéstop. TWO THINGS: - if you have completed the previous task, you will NOT get the second one - said Pokéstop might give you a scanning task, and in that case you have to complete the scanning task first to obtain a different field task.

[@claude_k]

​@@JC-oq3ei Talking about the scanning tasks that reward a Poffin or Super Balls for uploading the scan of a Pokéstop. If you have one of those tasks on and a given Pokéstop gives you a field task you do not like, you can discard the scanning task, and the Pokéstop will give you a different task! THREE things: - of course you have to wait 5' to be able to spin the stop again - the Pokéstop might give you a scanning task, which you would then have to complete to get the second (different) task - if you complete a task from a Pokéstop THEN discard the scanning task, it will NOT give you a second task

[@khadeir55]

This was spot on and I’ve played the most when the remote raids were good because I had a online community around the world but now….

[@pambulama973]

Great video. Also the advantage rural players have with showcases with less competition. I don’t have a car and not as mobile as I used to be so I was pleased you mentioned those factors. Thank you.

[@No-One-Important-Here]

Perhaps we got it all wrong. Perhaps Niantic never wanted differently abled players to play the game. Why would anyone purposely remove accessibility features from a game otherwise? Similary, we could have gotten differently shaped avatars a whole lot sooner back. Niantic doesn’t care about the players. They know they have a loyal Pokémon fanbase captured.

[@picsl8ed867]

It seems like they could fix the urban advantage over rural pretty easily. Just DRAMATICALLY increase rare spawns in small rural towns, double the shiny chance, reduce pokestop spin cooldown, etc.

[@Snow-Willow]

This is a brilliant idea. It might be tough to suss out the exact line where rural becomes urban, simply because rural suburbs like mine exist, but it would be a great start to level the playing field for Rural players who don't have easy access to so many Pokemon and resources.

[@near3d945]

Bonus advantage, being near a showcase few players enter. Tent to be rural areas or showcases near the edge or just outside a town.

[@owenwildish331]

Disadvantage, Region-Locked Pokemon accessibility...

[@CountJinsulaOfficial]

Good one. Some regional Pokémon are actually really good from a gameplay point of view. Heracross is great for Raids after it got its Mega, and tropius is a solid sleeper hit in PVP.

[@Snow-Willow]

I'm one of the extremely lucky ones where I live in a rural suburb and have a home gym, I just have to go down my driveway to spin it. I also joined campfire a few months back and started a group for my Locale that has thankfully just exploded so we have a nice vibrant player community in the area to play with too.

[@yosuhiro3434]

I agree... i travelled an hoir to get to london for shadow mewtwo raid. I did more raids(5 star) in that one day than i did in a month

[@goodpure1154]

PREACH CJ this is so important to bring up. i hope someone from niantic sees this

[@epicdave6130]

Bro this is interesting content

[@TheHardbrag]

I live in a city (not too big) it has a few poke stops and like 7 gyms in total spread all over the place but 2 of those 7 gyms are in front of my house next to each other

[@robertobassatt3141]

Also due to not having many pokestops around you it's harder to get certain items like evolution stones I have month and the only stone I got was a kings rock when I need minimum 10 Sinnoh stones to evolve few pokemons I have

[@danielaguilar8315]

Yeah I agree but I think it also keeps one of its main concepts on traveling far and wide to catch Pokemons as its original mission. Playing this game I know they’ll be Pokemon I won’t have access to considering locations, just the gift and curse of the game for me

[@NovaShrugs]

I live rurally and recently became disabled due to severely breaking my leg, and it's been super hard to do anything. I'll likely always have a physical handicap, and already did before due to POTS, a heart condition.

[@leedaero]

I live next to a community park that has four pokestops and two gyms. I started the first two and others added more. I can spin four pokestops from my house and with a Gotcha I end up having to delete pokeballs. And I feed berries to the gyms daily because they are rarely defeated. My disadvantage is I rarely trade.

[@clementecarmo8742]

Hey there Count, i agree with all you said in your video, theres one thing that can be worked out though. When a player get to level 37, he can start doing pokestops. Even though the criteria its hard to meet, i managed to create around 10 new ones in my zone. The F2P game over all its a best game experience, not so much pressure, and every new pokemon feels much more rewarding.

[@mrmoose6619]

Cities are a definite advantage. I've played in Manhattan and it is night and day versus playing in a rural suburb like where I first played. Gyms and stops on practically every corner of Times Square and even to the south and north. Suburban/local parks can be an equalizer, but you have to know where they are and have to have the means of transportation, if they have a good number of stops/gyms. You may have to build them up, which can take time. Have to disagree some with the Home Gym Advantage. They don't always flip daily, so the coinage isn't always there. Also, the "Home Gym" may be dominated by a team other than yours... so you go out there, take the gym over... and 10 minutes later the dominant team steamrolls you out since you're 1 and they can get to the max that quickly. Also, at times some people berry the gym out while you're trying to rotate the gym. Not everyone understands that losing a gym means coins. The rotation of raids isn't always great and sometimes you're stuck with raids you can't do since it's not in a place that is as easy to get to as other gyms... especially during weekdays.

[@justinfitzgerald5885]

All that being said, it's still better than not having a home gym. I would put up with all that for a home gym, personally. At least you have the potential.

[@egosworldegosworld5373]

I bet you could make whole video about all stuff they taken away that was once in Pokémon go 😂

[@TJ77.]

I don’t even live in a rural area I live in a city but there is 2 pokestops in my characters view by my house and it’s just a problem of no one in my city plays the game

[@Rose_J]

I stopped playing a few months ago for all of these reasons, mostly the last one.

[@aaronnhem7282]

I have a decent community around me thats active just not active enough for me it sux, like when shadow mewtwo came out everyone raided but not enough i didn’t even get a shiny but no one wanted to raid anymore, i hate relying on other ppl

[@calhimself6552]

Yea bro they base everything around pokestops. Field research, poke balls..that alone is game breaking. If you live near a Poe stop it’s crazy.

[@robertobassatt3141]

Preach it

[@myyyybbbb]

I encourage Wayfarers to submit POIs in rural areas. Teach rural players how to Wayfare. I built my local Community's map and it feels great.

[@jmdeniega6410]

I live in downtown Skokie , best place to play honestly

[@PurpleLugia]

Other than permanently raising or removing the remote raid limit, another thing they could do to alleviate the unfairness of their urban bias...is to make Shadow and Elite Raids able to be remotely done. Like you said, many of us rural players don't have the time or community numbers to gather for those, so we miss out on several of the best and exclusive Pokemon.

[@_Carmela_]

Number 6: Fix the avatars!😂

[@CountJinsulaOfficial]

haha not an "advantage" but yes I agree

[@courraffe]

Yes. . .

[@_Carmela_]

@@CountJinsulaOfficial Actually it is now!😂

[@ashleycunningham5383]

I 100% agree with these points. It makes so much of a difference where you live. When i started playing pogo i lived in a house with zero spawns, no pokestops and no gyms. Now the house my wife and myself live in has both a gym and 2 pokestops on it as well as 5-7 spawns reachable from indoors. The difference between the two is almost like playing a completely different game and is definitely unfair. I know one or two people in our local groups that live way out of town and have no pokestop or gyms but anywhere from 20-30 pokemon in there house constantly. I really wish Niantic would balance things out so that everybody could have a few of everything at home. It will likely never happen, but it would make things so much more fair.

[@Cluckenstein]

I don't quite understand why niantic can't just make every place on google maps a pokestop or gym (outside of hospitals, police stations and fire stations). I don't think there's a law against making my local target or walmart a pokestop or else it wouldn't be on google maps. There are a lot of areas where there just aren't anything that can be nominated for a stop or gym and it feels horrible because there's nothing the players can even do.

[@pieterduijn1089]

The first pokestop is 3000 meters away from my house....

[@Want300]

Seeing more and more stops pop up by my house. Also have a Great community for raid hours/days/events about an 8 minute drive away. But near my office, people toxic. I have submitted a bunch of stops, all community rejected. Compared to some of the stops I see, all easily could have been accepted. I get rejecting stops, especially when they are bogus or people trying to garner an advantage by placing them at their house or something. But the voters near my work... It is like they don't want the game to be better.

[@reimundkrohn8938]

I’m nearly level 40, Rural player with the closest Pokestop 4 miles from the house. I’ve created a lot of Pokestops and a few Routes in the nearby town and parks, and that’s helped the few players out here, so it is what it is…. But I would appreciate it if we could remote Raid Shadow Raids. I PvP a lot and play only Shadows. I want a full Shadow Pokédex, but I can’t get there without the ability to Remote Raid Shadows. Sucks.

[@goodpure1154]

im triggered by that thumbnail map... i live in a rural town with next to no stops and every stop i submit gets denied. People grading the niantic wayfarer are so petty. they flag my submissions as duplicates (when its definitely the only stop around) and they deny anything by saying its not culturally or historically significant. Then i go to the city and trashcans, street signs and season displays are all pokestops and its this constant reminder how unfair the game is. AND DONT GET ME STARTEDON HOME GYMS 2:03

[@jasonmetcalfe4695]

not going to mention the auto catcher devices then? - those are a huge advantage to anyone who has one

[@alvinwhitehead1069]

That’s me there is no active community!!😢 In my state

[@matthewhayes7797]

I’m lucky to have a home gym and stop

[@davidm4773]

I get the complaints about being in a rual area but why does NO ONE seem to know about campfire? Just use that for raids. Is so simple.

[@Gaming_Nerd1993]

I think Niantic should at the very least make the Raid Legendary Pokemon like Origin Dialga accessible a few months to a year later as a Paid Special Masterwork Research that has a 20 day timer to complete the tasks to get Origin Dialga as a final reward. I think these Paid Special Masterwork Researches should cost 10 - 15 USD (or equal to what is viable in certain other regions) for a chance of those who don't have that many friends or a viable community to gain these Legendary Pokemon via Raids especially if they wish to keep players coming back.

[@harveyrottenberg8850]

Why can't ninantic make a spoofing joystick for the royal players so we are not left behind getting what everyone else has

[@dolphin1975]

some players have wealthy parents. they dot work and play whole day

[@dj.mb_one]

if you live in Usa you will alawys have advantages..try to be play Pokemon in Denmark..even copenhagen have poor amount of gyms and stops.. :)

[@Miklo_1]

I wish they would make remote raid passed affordable like before so that players who spend money don’t have too much of an advantage. But as is, the game is a pay to win scam.

[@derikjoseph8836]

Remote players can't go for 5 star raids

[@alvinwhitehead1069]

Better Pokémon in the breakthrough box

[@Rainos62]

raids there is a huge raid disparity between rural and urban players. in the city super easy to find raids but in rural forget about it. and whats really sad is remote raid passes fixed this massive issue because people could friend people in urban areas and help rural players get good raids. The remote raid nerf has to be one of the worst nerfs in any game id argue its what started killing the game. They are trying to make up the loss of revenue with passes so much so that the system couldnt even handle it. ever since the pandemic ended pokemon go has gotten drastically worse and whats even more sad is the changes they did make later on with shadow raids and increased spawn raids for non remote raiders were actually good ideas but with the remote raid nerf are extremely pointless because you killed the entire scene. shadow raids are pointless and increased spawns who cares people arent raiding anymore. pvp its the same problem naruto blazing did where they made the game so pvp focused and tons of bad changes it killed the game. at this point the game is dying a death from 1000 cuts

[@famousashtray]

Don’t forgot the spoofers advantage! Honest players can sit and watch spoofers play all over the globe at special events that only happen in Asia for some reason.

[@anuraggupta1019]

Only advantage that I want over others is money. I can quit the game then

[@keekim7655]

i’m so confused how these are unfair 😅

[@tufungagreen5571]

Privileged people like you won't get it

[@JeremyHannay]

This game sucks . I live in a rural area . It’s still horrible

[@coobchris871]

The rural area compliant is getting old. It's like a vegan going to a steakhouse and complaining about not having vegan options.

[@jmueller1111]

Lol this is an L take

[@NovaShrugs]

"just move to a city where the cost of living is much more expensive! just spend money on gas often to drive to a city!"

[@The_Cherokee_Gypsy]

@@NovaShrugsThat’s what they say to us. Just up and move your shit to have a better Pokémon game experience, OR use a bunch of gas to drive to another town where your not guaranteed good spawns in the first place

[@tufungagreen5571]

When mommy and daddy buys you everything you will never understand

[@mongchang8532]

Simply put. Cheater needs to be banned for life. Even admins. But Naisntic holds no one responsible. Even allowing 3rd part apps to look into player go battle teams. Fair play? Really. 5 months playing, level 40. Pretty much stopped playing after mew 2. Garbage pokemon currently. There is no reason to go out. Going fishing is a much better way of enjoying your time.

[@mongchang8532]

Living in a decent town dose not make it any better. Spoofing is rampant. Even the local pokemon league leader of the town spoof. Holding on to a gym is down right dumb. When local administration cheat. 😉

[@NoName-pi3dx]

Cash is the least important advantage you discussed, IMO. So long as you pay for the relevant events you'll have a formidable account.

[@backslide311]

Life is inherently unfair. Not everything we deal with on the day-to-day has to be fair dude

[@bobbyrdayton9866]

Dam count I seriously don't want too unsub too you but all your vids now are negative...I will unsub now till I see that your back too making good vids...see u told the unfair parts n skip the fair parts..like in rural areas u can win showcases easy, you can also create poke stops gyms and routes all over the country side..in the country there's no one too raid with no groups in the city next too me....there's no one either.at this point your vid is completely wrong... friends? I have 52 friends not a single one I know they all came from discord, don't need city just discord

[@ok_ninja]

From all the videos I’ve watched, you have to be consistently the most negative content creator in the Pokémon GO space. As someone who lives in a rural community with a small local player base, these “disadvantages” just make you have to grind a little bit harder and be creative with the way you attack the game. And, imo, this makes me appreciate the rewards that much more. Sure, having tons of Pokéstops and Gyms all on the same city block would be convenient at times, but perhaps the overload of availability and having to work less hard for your rewards is what is accelerating your burnout with the game-thus leading to more videos like this. You are a really good content creator and I enjoy watching your stuff. But when 2/3 of your videos are constantly bashing the game, it makes your videos really hard to watch. It sounds to me like you should take a break from Go and come back with a healthier mindset.

[@CountJinsulaOfficial]

Thank you for the feedback. But to be honest, I'll be positive when I feel positive about the game. Nothing in life should be without criticism. If you always praise something even if it doesn't deserve it, you will never see it improve.

[@ok_ninja]

@@CountJinsulaOfficial I hear ya. But that is a very black and white way of thinking. There’s a lot of space in between harsh criticism and praise to explore and make more quality content on. I don’t think anyone should give praise to a company that isn’t deserved. But as big voice in the community, an endless stream of negativity isn’t really the productive either. That being said, thanks for the reply. Wish you the best, man. I think it would be exhausting to put so much time into something that’s supposed to be fun, but you no longer enjoy.

[@ashleycunningham5383]

@@CountJinsulaOfficial I am of the other opinion that Count is by far my most watched out of all the you tubes as i know if something is going on in the community he will be here to share his thoughts and not shy away from talking about problems with events or bugs or Niantic not making the best decisions. I can always count on Count (no pun intended) to make a discussion on a topic be it good or bad. I really like that and with his soft well spoken tone it always comes across as constructive and not purely negative. Thank you Count for always being honest with us. It really feels like you care about the game and the future of it.

[@The_Cherokee_Gypsy]

@@ashleycunningham5383I agree ^

[@tufungagreen5571]

Bro it's a game, it's suppose to feel enjoyable not feel like you are constantly fighting against the game, who wants to work the whole day and go out at night to grind, you ain't rural enough if you say these things

[@URRidikalus]

Don't struggle when you spoof. The game is a joke now, no one plays in my neighborhood, so that means you can't do anything higher than 3 star raids solo. Spoofing solves that.